Designed to help enable high-performance and safe electric vehicle battery systems, Henkel has introduced its first injectable thermally conductive adhesive – Loctite TLB 9300 APSi. The new adhesive can reliably provide both structural bonding and thermal conductivity in the battery system.
Manufactured for applications such as bonding battery cells to modules, or bonding cells directly to cooling systems, Loctite TLB 9300 APSi is a two-component polyurethane thermally conductive adhesive with a high thermal conductivity of 3 W/mK, moderate viscosity, and self-levelling characteristics. In addition to its heat management properties, further features of the adhesive include good electrical insulation with high bonding performance to a variety of substrates.
As a solvent-free solution that cures at room temperature without the need for additional energy consumption, Henkel insists the product helps customers advance their sustainability agenda by reducing emissions and resource use, while also ensuring safer working environments.
“Loctite TLB 9300 APSi is a testament to Henkel’s continued efforts to innovate new e-mobility solutions tailored to solve today’s battery manufacturing challenges and enable the next-generation designs of tomorrow. Its immediate adoption by a major battery manufacturer demonstrates our close partnership with key players in the e-mobility industry to help advance change,” says Holger Schuh, global senior manager thermal technologies at Henkel.
“Thermal management in EV batteries is still one of the biggest challenges for electrified mobility. New designs targeting higher energy densities in battery packs bring along the requirement for multifunctional thermally conductive adhesives instead of classical thermal gap fillers. Leveraging our strong innovation capabilities at Henkel, we have started to launch a family of materials varying in thermal conductivity, bonding strength, elasticity, and application methods to address those new requirements,” adds Stephan Hoefer, global market strategy head for e-mobility at Henkel.
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